Subterfuge and manipulation: Type III effector proteins of phytopathogenic bacteria

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 425-449

  Grant, Sarah R ^a   Fisher, Emily J ^a   Chang, Jeff H ^a,c   Mole, Beth M ^b   Dangl, Jeffery L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal defense response; Innate immunity; Microbial pathogens; Plant disease resistance; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

AVIRULENCE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AVRB1; PROTEIN AVRE1; PROTEIN AVRPTO1; PROTEIN AVRRPM1; PROTEIN AVRRPT2; PROTEIN HOPA1; PROTEIN HOPAA1 1; PROTEIN HOPAB2; PROTEIN HOPAF1; PROTEIN HOPAI1; PROTEIN HOPAM1; PROTEIN HOPAO1; PROTEIN HOPC; PROTEIN HOPD1; PROTEIN HOPE1; PROTEIN HOPF2; PROTEIN HOPK1; PROTEIN HOPM1; PROTEIN HOPN1; PROTEIN HOPT1 1; PROTEIN HOPT1 2; PROTEIN HOPX1; PROTEIN HPAJ1; PROTEIN HPAK1; PROTEIN HRPW; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RAP2.6; TYPE III EFFECTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ERWINIA; EUKARYOTE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XANTHOMONAS;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RHIZOBIUM; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 33750097480     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.60.080805.142251     Document Type: Review

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